The Bible Our Sole Standard
By Editor
WE occasionally comment upon articles found in our exchanges, when they contain statements of doctrine which we deem particularly erroneous. In so doing we always confine our strictures to the point under consideration, and have never made any thrusts at the denomination publishing the paper, or cast any reflection on the style or management of the paper itself. Our business is not to find fault with individuals or sects, but to teach truth and expose error. We should much prefer to make no mention of individual instances of erroneous teaching; but error is so deeply rooted that very often people would not make the application of the truth for themselves, if it were not contrasted with error. We call everything an error which is opposed to plain Bible teaching. The Bible is our sole standard of comparison, and not our belief nor the belief or practice of the majority of people. We do not ask any one to accept our word; but we have a right to demand that professed Christians, at least, shall accept what the Bible says. And we have also a right to expect that those who differ with us shall give the plain testimony of Scripture, and nothing else, in support of their views. ONE evening last week, we had the pleasure of listening to a temperance lecture by John B. Finch, of Nebraska. To say that the lecture was good, conveys no just idea of it. Mr. Finch is a logician, and presents hard facts in so telling a manner that he forces conviction upon his hearers, while his skill as a speaker is such that he cannot fail to secure the individual attention of any audience. Moreover, he impresses every one with the fact that he is terribly in earnest, realizing what an awful curse the liquor traffic is. Absolute prohibition is his watchword, and he does not propose to give whisky any quarter. Our only regret during the lecture was that it could not be heard by those who are wasting their energies in trying to secure high license. With Mr. Finch, we believe in "no license, either high, low, or middle."